Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals.

ATG Media is pleased to recognize the first ever recipients for
the Up and Comers award with a series of interviews on the ATG
Podcast. Who exactly is an “Up and Comer,” you ask? They are
librarians, library staff, vendors, publishers, MLIS students,
instructors, consultants, and researchers who are new to their
field or are in the early years of the profession. Up and
Comers are passionate about the future of libraries. They
innovate, inspire, collaborate, and take risks. They are
future library leaders and change makers, and we are excited to
celebrate them with this award. There were 20 recipients of the
award for 2017 that were announced just prior to the 2017
Charleston Conference. A link to the press release is available
below.

First up, Leah Hinds welcomes Tom
Gilson, Associate Editor for Against the Grain, and
Charlie Bennett, Public Engagement Librarian at
Georgia Tech Library, to the podcast. Thanks very much to both of
you for joining us today! Tom is going to conduct the interview so
I’ll hand things over to him now.

Being a Public Engagement Librarian sounds like a fun job. What
does the job entail? What are your key responsibilities? You
mentioned in your Against the Grain profile that a couple of years
ago you were selected to deliver a TEDx talk on libraries at TEDx
Telfair Street. Can you tell us more about that?

Next up we welcome Erin Gallagher and
Michael Rodriguez to the show.
Erin is Director of Collection Services at Reed College, and she’ll
be interviewing Michael, who is Licensing/Acquisitions Librarian at
the University of Connecticut.

Michael mentions that in his spare time he enjoys hiking and
biking, and has seen a lot of the U.S. this way. He tells us
about his favorite experiences seeing America “from the saddle of
the twelve-speed”.

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The audio supplement to "Against The Grain - Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians"
Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals.